Team-BHP - View Single Post - Maruti to build made-in-India car

aaggoswami · 14th November 2008, 08:43

IIRC, the A-star is almost all Indian engineers effort itself.
It came up in record time after the concept was shown.
I am not sure if the Indian engineers can manage developing a car from scratch as it requires a lot of facalities and resources. They will again have to be dependent on Japan for resources.
But the first step towards this is A-star.
Maruti engineers R & D work was first experimented in older cars like Zen when the original looking Zen came out with a redesigned grille etc. It was all done by Indian engineers.
They also played a small role in development of Swift and then the A-star.
Lets hope for more.
I think they will again first try it out with a small car design.

14th November 2008, 08:43	#2 (permalink)
aaggoswami Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vadodara Posts: 3,149	IIRC, the A-star is almost all Indian engineers effort itself. It came up in record time after the concept was shown. I am not sure if the Indian engineers can manage developing a car from scratch as it requires a lot of facalities and resources. They will again have to be dependent on Japan for resources. But the first step towards this is A-star. Maruti engineers R & D work was first experimented in older cars like Zen when the original looking Zen came out with a redesigned grille etc. It was all done by Indian engineers. They also played a small role in development of Swift and then the A-star. Lets hope for more. I think they will again first try it out with a small car design. __________________ Never Dream because broken dreams hurt the most.There is no market for emotions. EVENTUALLY FATE DECIDES EVERYTHING.